Leon stood outside the broken, dilapidated house that Arthur currently resided in.
He hadn't returned to the Clan Leaders Residence even once over the past week, even against the wishes of his Mother and Father, both of whom had come to try and console their third born son.
It had only been a slight change, but both Arthur's Mother and Father could detect the change in demeanour in their son.
Despite the fact that he was in mourning, there was an immense rage and hatred bubbling up inside of him. It was so strong that it might end up forming Hatred Fae, and deep down they knew that Arthur wouldn't mope around forever, hiding away in this wrecked and abandoned house.
With so much emotion inside of him, Arthur would need someplace to focus it. Somewhere to place it, lest it devours him from the inside out.
Niklos had already planned for Arthur to patrol the territories around Parachenko Village, not even for a moment believing that Arthur would want to have a relationship with someone given the.... present circumstances.
He knew that Arthur had two maids that he was particular fond of, twins, both of which had shown signs of being pregnant.
In the past few days, they had been vomiting and showing strange mood swings which almost got them in trouble with the Madam. Leon narrowed his eyes at the two girls, but showed an expression of confusion when his mother only stood up and pressed her fingers against the girls wrists.
"Have either of you had relations with anyone in the past two months?".
When those words left his Mother's mouth, Leon frowned for a moment as he felt Chensa and his two younger siblings turn towards him.
Leon turned slightly red in the face and shook his head violently, noticing that both of the girls faces turned a bright shade of pink.
The two twin girls glanced at each other before the elder one whispered in the Madam's ear.
Her eyes widened as she glanced down at the two girls bellies before smiling and bringing them into her embrace.
"Leon! Go get Arthur! I don't care how you do it, but go fetch him!".
Leon was slightly taken back at how resolute his Mother's words and tone were, but he glanced at Chensa before nodding and heading out the front door.
Leon had.... an idea of what had just happened. Or, at the very least, he knew what did happen between Arthur and those two girls.
Despite his brother's.... affections towards Andrea, it seemed that he was very much like their Father. He probably never thought either of them would end up.... well, he never thought he would end up being a Father so early.
Leon took a deep breath before opening the door, not caring about formalities.
The inside of the house was relatively clean, a good sign if that meant that Arthur was the one who cleaned it up. There was a bed and a pale of water and some bread, but other than that, the room was sparsely empty.
He turned towards Arthur, who merely glanced up at his elder brother, with a blank expression on his face.
"What do you want Leon?".
His expression might be blank, but his tone and his words were filled with a malefic aura. Leon could see what his Mother and Father meant by, "forming Hatred Fae".
Arthur definitely wasn't lost in a pit of despair and anguish, he was a bubbling pot of rage and anger, similar to a volcano, just before it erupts.
When such a volcano would erupt? Only time could tell.
Leon cleared his throat before glancing to the side, his cheeks slightly red.
Despite his appearance, Leon was quite the prude when it came to matters like this. It wasn't that he didn't also have relations with women around him, but he definitely wasn't the type of person to talk about it in front of others.
"Mother needs you to come back home for a little while..... It seems that there might be a few additions to our family in the coming months....".
Arthur's brows furrowed in confusion for a moment, before relaxing, his eyes widening.
His tone and words purposefully relaxed, as if to emphasize the shock of the revelation.
"Wait.... You aren't talking about-".
His words were cut short as Leon swiftly nodded.
"Yes, brother. I know that this definitely wasn't planned, and the timing of this event isn't exactly.... perfect, but-".
Leon barely registered Arthur's movement as he rushed past him, sprinting, his feet and ankles glowing a faint green colour.
Leon raised an eyebrow before smiling and shaking his head.
".... Even now, you can't help the way you feel about your family.... Arthur?".
Leon was happy when he came to that conclusion, believing it to be the most likely reaction to Arthur's sudden burst of energy, quickly activating his own Fae to follow after his younger sibling.
While Leon was following behind Arthur couldn't help but let out a small smirk as he darted over the large rivers that flowed through Parachenko Village, chuckling slightly as he shook his head.
'Those two girls.... actually ended up getting pregnant? How lucky for them'.
Arthur didn't care whether either of them got pregnant or not, leaving everything up to their own luck and fate. If they did get pregnant, it would be a result of their karma, collected over the previous lives.
As a mortal, fathering, or mothering the child of a Fae Master was considered quite an honour in most instances, especially if they came from a Clan like the Kovacs Clan or the Marina Clan.
The girls and their family were probably excited, even more so than his Mother, or his Father.
With this, they had firm, blood ties to the Clan Leaders Family. Even if they wanted to deny it, which they wouldn't, they could only accept them as blood relatives.
To Arthur.... something like this.... had happened hundreds of times before.
Not only had he seen things like this happen over the course of his previous life, but he had also done such things before with random women all across the Thirty Three Heavens.
Spending a week, or a month in a particular city, Arthur would usually spend time with women and only later find out that the result of their relations was a child.
It happened quite frequently, especially when one looked at the entirety of the Thirty Three Heavens, and included the Myriad Races as well.
Most of these children would end up becoming Fae Masters themselves, which was beneficial for the families whom these children came from.
Mortal men didn't particular like that male Fae Masters could choose just about any woman they wanted, but they could only curse themselves for not being born with the required talents.
At any rate-.
'If at least one of these girls are pregnant, perhaps I can use such a thing to my advantage. Leon and Dominic, Mother and Father, they keep sending people to watch over me, or make sure I don't do anything stupid. I can't move around as freely as I want to.
If I.... "get better" as a result of these pregnancies, perhaps coming to the realization that I will now become a "Father", then perhaps people won't be so nosy anymore....'.
Arthur had no desire to take care of children or babies, and knew with a hundred percent certainty, that the children's mothers, in addition to his own Mother would gladly take care of them for him.
He would have to "act" the part of a Father, at least after they were born, which was roughly 6-7 months from now.
It was a good disguise, one that had quite a few advantages than just the "son of the Clan Leader".
Some of the other Fae Masters, who also felt the desire to protect the Village would be able to sympathize with Arthur, who had now become a Father, in addition to those who he knew had "seeds of hatred" in their hearts.
Cultivating followers to help him, and follow him was always a difficult thing to do, and was always best done from scratch.
It allowed one to instil the greatest amount of loyalty in a person, even if it took the longest time.
He would never trust them with secrets, or his own life, but having a few canon fodder hidden in reserve was never a bad thing in Arthur's mind.
He had obtained the Boundless Forest Yearning, and would need some time in order to reach his previous level of cultivation.
His physical strength was at the peak of Rank 1 Fae Master.
His origin essence regeneration exceeded that of Randolf, a first-tier talent.
The evolution of the Affection Tree Fae would be possible in the future and his own innate ability, created from the Boundless Forest Yearning wouldn't need origin essence in order to be used.
Not only that, but he still had all of the Fae that he was previously in possession of, in addition to all of Andrea's Fae.
Rank 1 Flash Fae.
Rank 1 Thorn Spear Fae.
Rank 1 Blood Petal Fae.
Rank 1 Vine Fae.
Rank 1 Thorn Skin Fae.
Rank 1 Mangrove Tree Fae.
In addition to two more Fae that Andrea hadn't told Arthur, both of which were a pleasant surprise to Arthur.
Rank 2 Woodland Spike Fae.
Rank 2 Overgrowth Fae.
The Rank 2 Woodland Spike Fae was the natural evolution of the Rank 1 Wood Spike Fae. It was similar to the Rank 1 Vine Fae in that it could create huge wooden spikes within a certain radius around the Fae Master.
Currently, the range of the Woodland Spike Fae was roughly fifty metres, and the spikes that it could create were between 5 to 10 metres long.
One the other hand, the Overgrowth Fae was the natural evolution of the Rank 1 Growth Fae.
It promoted the growth of mortal Ranked and Rank 1 Fae materials. In addition to the abilities of Rank 1 Wood Attributed Fae.
As Arthur arrived in front of the Clan Leaders Residence, he let out a deep breath, slowing his blood flow to make him appear slightly pale.
It was show time.